ask for advise before formatting my dell poweredge T310
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this server has windows server 2008 before, now i want to install xenserver on it,
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@IT-ADMIN said:
this server has windows server 2008 before, now i want to install xenserver on it,
Why format? That won't help you in any way. The layer below the formatting will be wiped out by the XenServer install anyway. Who told you that formatting would do something here? Formatting will blow away your data, but won't take away the partitions from Windows. They will linger on until XenServer repartitions the space.
Just pop in the XenServer Cd and away you go. No need to set things up first.
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ah ok i see now, just like any computer, i think i have to do something special
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@IT-ADMIN said:
ah ok i see now, just like any computer, i think i have to do something special
Right, it's just like any other PC. Nothing special happening
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because i heard before that for servers there is like a tool that give the state of the server, but i'm not remembering in which context i hear it
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@IT-ADMIN said:
because i heard before that for servers there is like a tool that give the state of the server, but i'm not remembering in which context i hear it
I think we would need more information to understand what they were trying to tell you.
A server is just a PC. Better built, meant to hold more stuff, rack mount rails and all that... but a PC is a PC under the hood.
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ok guys thank you very much, i will install xenserver as i do previously with my computer (i need only to enable VT on CPU)
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@IT-ADMIN said:
ok guys thank you very much, i will install xenserver as i do previously with my computer (i need only to enable VT on CPU)
And then install Xen Orchestra too. Best way to run XenServer! If you are just doing this for a test or a small transition, get the appliance for free. Limited, but super easy to get started.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@IT-ADMIN said:
ok guys thank you very much, i will install xenserver as i do previously with my computer (i need only to enable VT on CPU)
And then install Xen Orchestra too. Best way to run XenServer! If you are just doing this for a test or a small transition, get the appliance for free. Limited, but super easy to get started.
i think i'm OK with XenCenter
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@IT-ADMIN said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@IT-ADMIN said:
ok guys thank you very much, i will install xenserver as i do previously with my computer (i need only to enable VT on CPU)
And then install Xen Orchestra too. Best way to run XenServer! If you are just doing this for a test or a small transition, get the appliance for free. Limited, but super easy to get started.
i think i'm OK with XenCenter
thanks ScottWhy? We even how a super simple how to built here on how to get Xen Orchestra up and running
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is that web application offer more features ?? because till now i find all i want in xencenter
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which installer i have to install on my VM to take benefit of PV, because i see so many installer here, ??
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@IT-ADMIN installwizard.msi
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thank you , it works like a charm
now i just successfully virtualize my win7 machine with VMware vCenter Converter Standalone Client, then i import the VMDK into XenServer, then i installed xenserver tool, everything is OK but my question here is why i didn't get activation message from windows, as far as i'm concerned when the platform change from P to V, the system ask you to activate it again, !! -
@IT-ADMIN It should...
What kind of product key is installed on this system?
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retail license
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but sorry, it is cracked
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@IT-ADMIN said:
is that web application offer more features ?? because till now i find all i want in xencenter
Yes, web, and far, far more features than XenCenter.
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i thank you very much Dear Scott for convincing me to use xenserver, really it is a very powerfull hypervisor, now i'm learning how to built High Availability Cluster using 2 Dell poweredge, then i will learn how to backup my VMs to a NAS,
it looks like a very good project, woooow i'm very happyi will update you guys throughout my project stages,
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Xen Orchestra has a built in backup system, too.
